I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

-- Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.

-- Warren W. Wiersbe, A Court of Mist and Fury

God can use the jawbone of an ass!

-- Winkie Pratney, Another Day from the World of Ro and Mo

Jealousy is the loss of joy.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Have a Little Faith: a True Story

Anger precedes hate, while love vicariously hangs in the balance.

-- Lorraine Gokul, Will Love Justify Everything?: Does Love Overcome the Injustices of Life?

My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.

-- André Breton, What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

-- Theodore Roethke, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

-- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Peter Pan

You cannot teach a person who knows everything.

-- Debasish Mridha, Feelings Undefined: The Charm of the Unsaid

The one you are looking for is you.

-- Osho, Book of Wisdom

You are not rich until you have a rich heart.

-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Wisdom cannot be stolen - it can only be shared.

-- Jefferson Smith, Strange Places

When you praise God in pain, it is preparing you for provision.

-- Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder

Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion.

-- Anonymous, Holy Bible: King James Version

Let's read as if books were to disappear tomorrow!

-- Gabrielle Dubois, To Kiss a King

Question everything, unless it's the answer

-- Benny Bellamacina, A Short Stay in Hell

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

-- Jacques Barzun, The Prince and the Pauper

The weakness of a man is the strength of a woman

-- Santosh Avvannavar, Can't Get Enough

One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it.

-- Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began.

-- Lev Grossman, The Magicians